The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-11-19

washed pitcher TO get the milk. He
went out again 10 do something for Mrs.
Hegeler, and came back later with the
milk.
BERTHA SCHAEFER, who worked for
Mrs. Hegeler In June Saw Gustave Mil.
Ter on Thursday before the body was found,
In the evening at about six O clock, He was
planting some small plants In the star
shaped flower bed on the east side of the
house; asked him for flower. and he told
me to wait a moment aud he would give
me one; stayed ut the flower bed about ten
minutes and went with Miller TO the green
house, and he gave me two plants.
JOSEPH SPECuT, in the employ Of Mr.
Hegeler, said he had driven Mrs, Hegeler
to Peru June 9th, and got back about a
quarter after six; saw Miller ON the north
side OF the house, and told him that he had
not cut much grass that day.
DR.. MAGHER, who was present at the pos
mortem examination. said he did not think
an outrage was committed on the girl, for
he III ade an examination and the marks on
the body were caused by handling 1t. He
also thought the spots on the abdomen
were caused by decomposition.
MARY SCHANNEssEY saw Miller go by
y,
June 9th between Z and 1880 o'clock.
ANNA HEGELER, daughter of Mr.. f, c.
Hegeler, after supper, June 9th, took Miss
Engleman home, aud when returning
passed Miller's house. He was reading.
This was about 8 o'clock
| VIM. HEMMERICH saw Miller between
and 8 o'clock on Friday morning, June 10.
He was cutting grass In the yard. put
1 10 lar,o nj t., &Ia r &, kov
ing borrowed II. He did not intend to use
It and loaned II to me again. He gave me
the key, and said that should unlock the
door and take the pillow, lock the door and
keep the key until placed the pillow back
again. l took the pillow at 8 O'Clock, re-
turned 1t at 4 o'clock, and hung the key In
the green house.
| ROBERT KLAIBER at whose house Miller
was arrested on Sunday morning at three
o'clock said Miller came to his house at 8
o'clock on Saturday night and asked him to
keep him and his wife over night, after
telling Mr.. Hegeler where Miller was he
went to Chief of Police Doyle, and asked
him to keep watch on the house, so that
the mob, which was congregated about
Miller's residence, could not harm Miller.
Miller had asked him to tell Hegeler
about II.
HORACE HULL, stenographer and an
amateur photographer, was In La Sale on
the 18th day Of June, and took stenogrsphic
notes of Mrs. Schracka's testimony. Wit
ness was shown photographs, one Of which
he identified as photo Of the north door
Of the LOOmis house, taken from point on
line with the window Of the Schracka
residence, from which Mrs. Schracka slleg.
es that she saw Miller open the Loomis
house door.
OLGA HEeELER, a daughter Of f. T..
Hegeler, saw Miller In the garden with her
mother at 9:15 on Friday morning, June
10th, when she went to school.
| ZULARCHA HEGELER, a daughter of 4.
G. Hegeler, was with her sister about eight
O'Clock when she passed Millers house on
Thursday evening, June 9th. He was sit
ting partly out of the window reading.
F. 8. RINMELE: Passed the LOomis
house about ten times day, as a regular
thing. Observed that there was lumber
piled up on the north side of the house,
and that It covered about four feet of the
window and the door, so that the door and
window appeared the same. 1t was the
same on Saturday noon, but was disturbed
on Sunday morning and thrown back from
the house.
JOSEPH CANTIN: Was In the employ of
Hegeler in June, 1887 Ramsey and tore
down fence In front of the house, and
piled 1t up in sections against the north
| side of the LOOMS house. The reason it
was taken there in sections was because we
did not want to destroy 1t. The sections
were too heavy for one man to handle.
After few more witnesses for the de-
Tense, the prosecution then opened the tes-
timony in rebuttal with JOHN RAMSEY:
Know Hemmerick. Saw him in the neigh
borhood of Hegeler's north gate, at about
eight o'clock on Thursday morning, and
asked me if he could have the use of the
double shovel pillow; told him to see Gus
tave Miller about IT, Did not see Hemmer-
ich on Friday. nor for several days. May
he mistaken in the day, but my impression
is that 1t was on Thursday morning that
saw him.
Cross Er.-Don't know whether he got it
on Friday morning or not
JAMES CAssIDAY: Know VIM. Trustrail
Remember the day on which the girl was
found Was at the north side of the Loomis
building when 1rustrail pulled board off
the door. He pulled 1t off of the bottom,
swung the poard to one side and slid in
sideways.
WILLIAM MCGUIRE, police officer of La
Sale: Visited the Loomis house on Sun
day last, and lifted up the part OF the north
side of the house, which had fallen down,
and measured the distance from the floor
to the window sill, and found it three feet
high on the inside, and three feet four
inches on the outside. The height of the
ceiling in which the we'll was situated was
eight feet. The Blood house extends 30
feet north of the Loomis house.
In the arguments, Messrs Bull. Blake
and Brewer, confined their reasonings to
utter improbability of the story Of the
woman who alleged she saw Miller place
this bundle in the house. In the first place,
Mrs. Hegler and one other witness had
swore that Miller was In the garden at 80
on Friday morning; In the second place,
on account OF bushes and shrubs obstruct-
ing the view, the matter was physical
impossibility; and in the third place, he
would have been seen by the men working
az tho RIoo5 houso A uain tho littla oirIe